- Chaos
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- Nov 07, 2020
First Quotes
On beginnings, and what a 'first' really changes.
The quotes gathered here treat 'first' loosely: a rookie athlete crediting the teammates who set the tone early, a filmmaker's take on what should scare an audience right away, and a physicist weighing what can and can't be known first. If early relationships resonate, see our First Love.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I ever invested in was Twitter. Blaine Cook, former CTO, was leaving the company and asked me if I wanted to buy his stock.
- Before
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew, always, what I wanted to be. Even before I had my first computer, I wanted to be a computer scientist.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started acting when I was seven, and I didn't get my first role till I was nine. So for two years, I was just auditioning.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love things on the decline because that's really the natural progression of our lives. We're born, we're feisty for the first couple of years, and then the inevitable decline begins.
- Correcting
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- Nov 07, 2020
In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain.
- Faulty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll be the first one to admit that if I have conclusions based on faulty premises, then let me know about that, and I'll be the first one to change it.
- Month
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first month in syndication, I made about $100. I thought it would be exciting if I ever got up to the level where I could pay my rent.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
- Listen
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite Extreme records were the last two. I can't listen to the first one.
- Hockey
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- Nov 07, 2020
My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was the first woman to win a Tony for directing, but the second woman came along five minutes later.
- Likes
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- Nov 07, 2020
First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
These are estimates that are done by the experts as to how much they expect we could get from the first lease sale that would take place in ANWR, and the estimate is about $2.5 billion.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020